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[[Convincing Control]] is a card control or cull, named by [[Ed Marlo]], which secretly gets a selected card from a face down in the hands spread to the bottom of the deck while in the act of closing the fan.   
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[[Convincing Control]] is a card control or cull, named by [[Ed Marlo]], which secretly gets a selected card from a face down, in the hands, spread to the bottom of the deck while in the act of closing the fan.   
  
Marlo created it based on a description told to him by [[Alton Sharpe]] (not the method, just what he had seen from a spectators point of view) about a move he had seen [[Larry Jennings]] do.
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Marlo based on a variation of his  bottom control "The Prayer Cull" that appeared in [[The New Tops]] (June, 1966) it was first published in Ed Marlo in [[Hierophant]] No. 3 (1970). Marlo was said to have created it based on a description told to him by [[Alton Sharpe]] (not the method, just what he had seen from a spectators point of view) about a move he had seen [[Larry Jennings]] do.
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The same basic control, which many now refer to as the "[[Hofzinser Spread Cull]]", was also described in a [[Hofzinser]] card problem "Synonymous Thoughts" (First Method) which was first printed in English in the [[The Sphinx]] for April 1922.
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Ackerman wrote in his book, [[Magic Mafia Effects]] (1970) that the technique was "a variation of Ed Marlo's improvement of the Hofzinser card pass" and called it "A Card Pass." (p. 29)
  
 
== Publications ==
 
== Publications ==
* Hofzinser cull ?
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* "Synonymous Thoughts" (First Method), printed in English in The Sphinx, Vol. 21, No. 2, April 1922, page 60.
* "Card in the Aces" trick (part eight of Willane's Methods for Miracles series) by [[Edward Victor]] (1952) Victor describes the same method up to the point of closing the spread.
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* "Card in the Aces" trick (part eight of Willane's [[Methods for Miracles]] series) by [[Edward Victor]] (1952) Victor describes the same method up to the point of closing the spread.
 
* Convincing Control by Ed Marlo in [[Hierophant]] No. 3 (1970)  
 
* Convincing Control by Ed Marlo in [[Hierophant]] No. 3 (1970)  
* Immediate Bottom Placement by Larry Jennings in The [[Classic Magic of Larry Jennings]] (1986) and again in [[Jennings '67]] (1997)
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* "Immediate Bottom Placement" by Larry Jennings in The [[Classic Magic of Larry Jennings]] (1986).
* The Convincing Control in [[Card College]], Vol. 3 (1998)
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* The Hofzinser Spread Control in [[Magical Arts Journal]] Vol. 2 No. 7&8 (1988)
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* The Convincing Control in [[Card College, Vol. 3]] (1998)
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=== Variations ===
 
=== Variations ===
 
* Backslip Control by [[Jean Hugard]] in [[Royal Road to Card Magic]] (1948)
 
* Backslip Control by [[Jean Hugard]] in [[Royal Road to Card Magic]] (1948)
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* "Ackerman Varies Kelly" in [[The Esoterist]] (1971)
 
* New Convincing Control by [[Allan Ackerman]] in [[Here's My Card]] (1978)
 
* New Convincing Control by [[Allan Ackerman]] in [[Here's My Card]] (1978)
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* Marlo's Convincing Control Technique by [[Ron Bauer]] in ''[[Fair & Sloppy]]'', ''[[Ron Bauer Private Studies Series]], No. 9'' (1998; 2002, pp. 15-22).
 
* The Losing Control by [[Lee Asher]] & Allan Ackerman in [[Hand Jobs]] (2001)
 
* The Losing Control by [[Lee Asher]] & Allan Ackerman in [[Hand Jobs]] (2001)
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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* ''Secret Moves'' in [[Marlo's Magazine]], Vol. 3 (1979)
 
* ''On the Spread Cull'' by [[Jon Racherbaumer]] & ''New Approach Convincing Controls'' in [[Marlo's Magazine]], Vol. 5 (1984)  
 
* ''On the Spread Cull'' by [[Jon Racherbaumer]] & ''New Approach Convincing Controls'' in [[Marlo's Magazine]], Vol. 5 (1984)  
* [[Marlo's Magazine]], Vol. 6 (1988)
 
 
* [[Jennings '67]] (1997)
 
* [[Jennings '67]] (1997)
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* http://archive.denisbehr.de/archive/route/entries.php?url=10,745,463,543,544
 
* http://archive.denisbehr.de/archive/route/entries.php?url=10,745,463,543,544
[[Category:Card Sleights]]
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[[Category:Card Controls]]

Revision as of 03:47, 28 January 2015

Convincing Control is a card control or cull, named by Ed Marlo, which secretly gets a selected card from a face down, in the hands, spread to the bottom of the deck while in the act of closing the fan.

Marlo based on a variation of his bottom control "The Prayer Cull" that appeared in The New Tops (June, 1966) it was first published in Ed Marlo in Hierophant No. 3 (1970). Marlo was said to have created it based on a description told to him by Alton Sharpe (not the method, just what he had seen from a spectators point of view) about a move he had seen Larry Jennings do.

The same basic control, which many now refer to as the "Hofzinser Spread Cull", was also described in a Hofzinser card problem "Synonymous Thoughts" (First Method) which was first printed in English in the The Sphinx for April 1922.

Ackerman wrote in his book, Magic Mafia Effects (1970) that the technique was "a variation of Ed Marlo's improvement of the Hofzinser card pass" and called it "A Card Pass." (p. 29)

Publications

Variations

References